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quite boring and slow
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winterbottom's atmospheric dark fable of the californian gold rush is miles ahead of the poor imitations of this western genre, this is a true antegrade reworking of treasure of sierra madre with a charismatic man -wes at its heart . it's similarities to mayor of castorbridge are only nominal as this is nihilistic cinema at its best with poetically composed images and musical score , the production design is too good to praise as it will be an insult to simply use adjectives ,for a few hours i was transported to that great gregariously greedy world of lust and violence where any thing can be traded . gold is used as a metaphor or as a curse but it remaind in the background while the real ,grey ,wickedly winsome characters shine in the glory of a great script .wes is a revelation and his character changes like a chameleon and yet he haunts and harrows in this dark classic , the demaeanour of the magnificent movie is difficult to stomach for some as it is a ballad on greed ,violence and lust and suceeds on every count with it's humor intact and the macabre finale is mindblowing . the story of a man who trades his wife and son for the deeds of a gold mine claim and then builds an empire without suffering any pangs of conscience is so reminiscent of real life protagonists from the past . his punitive loneliness ,debauchery and ultimate misery are too real to be comfortable and explain this movies anonymity , i will say this will haunt me like a ghost for a long time to come ,its memorable ,malicious and yet most gratifying cinema indeed . this is a real look in retrospect on how america was ordained and the psychological psycophants of it's inherent centemporary culture are sowed in the materialistic soil in a very mystic but meaningful endeavour -full marks - and the dvd does full justice to this great classic -both image and sound are great as well as the transfer. usman khawajaRead full review
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